re: Seriously, this "the Alabama refs hate LSU" schtick is getting OLD

Forgive them for feeling the game will be CLOSE and that a non penalty called or bogus penalty called on us could potential cost us the game..

I think LSU fans have a reason to have their doubts in the officiating here. It HAS happened before.

My hope is that the game isn't even close and we blow them out.. but I certainly understand why fans are concerned about the officiating. There are legit reasons for this.

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Judgement call? LOL. The db threw the wr down in front of the ref while the ball was in the fricking air.

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You got a letter of apology from the SEC. What more did you want?

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And y'all can bitch till the end of time about that PP call, but you know damn well there isn't any video showing him with complete possession of the ball in bounds.

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LOL. Delusional. I'd say the same thing too if I knew my team had to cheat to beat LSU's second team offense. What a joke you are.

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Funny that blatant pass interference is a "judgement call" but a call on a bang bang play on the edge of the sideline is "the worst call in the history of college football".

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Funny that LSU fans will acknowledge this call happened, the SEC apologizes, and yet, you are still complaining.

I love delusional Bama and Auburn fans. I really do. Great entertainment.

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Posted by vortex... The SEC refs are fair when it comes to LSU vs Alabama. Don't get me wrong, the PP was debatable, but I think they got it right.

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Wow... I don't think any of you actually understood what this poster was trying to say. Go back and look at the pictures he posted.

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Auburn 06 was worse than anything else. But that just kills the conspiracy theory.

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I actually know the answer to this question, which is why I love threads like these so much!



No, I'm not sharing.

My best advice to everyone (LSU fans) here: Remember that CFB is entertainment. Not real life. Sort of like Santa Claus.

Later!

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If you all SERIOUSLY think that the best league in the nation is "on the take" and will put refs on a field to intentionally "throw" a game that the WHOLE WORLD will be watching . . .

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Maybe. Maybe not.

Auburn 2006 stands in stark contrast to your assumptions.
That many bad calls do not "just happen". Likewise, the league wouldn't need to be involved other than to merely tolerate possible corruption.

Citing 2006, that is EXACTLY what the league did.
Not only were officials undisciplined, not only were there no apologies, the league had the unmitigated gall to threaten Miles/LSU if public complaints were registered. In short by comparison to the Pac10 in similar circumstance the SEC response was pathetic.

Are SEC officials placing wagers on games they're calling? Have they in the past? Who knows. Could they be? Yep. Could they essentially shave points based on those bets? It would seem so.

Not to say it will happen.
In fact, my gut instinct is to agree with the OP premise. This is too highly visible a scenario for shenanigans. But to discount the possibility wholecloth is to ignore history.

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You people make us look STOOOOOPID. If you all SERIOUSLY think that the best league in the nation is "on the take" and will put refs on a field to intentionally "throw" a game that the WHOLE WORLD will be watching, then you are too dumb to help. Get all of this conspiracy crap out of your heads and just look forward to a great game. NOBODY is going to cheat LSU. I promise.

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While I agree it gets blown out of proportion and I'll reserve judgment until there actually is a questionable call in the game, there's no denying that we have had some terrible calls when playing in the state of Alabama that cost us a shot at winning games. I'm not saying it's guaranteed to happen, but the fact that this "best league in the nation" as you put it has the absolute worst officials in the nation worries me a bit.

It would be a mistake ot call this an "LSU problem" or complaint. The view that Alabama, Auburn and Fla get favored is held by others thru out the conference.
And in recent years, that favoritism has arguably resulted in more TV revenue to the SEC. That latter point is not coincidental.
Last time I looked Ala and Fla(and LSU, when ranked in the top 1 or two) were considered better TV draws than Ark, Ole Miss, State or Sakerlina.

So what does all of that have to do with what might or might not happen next Saturday?

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It seriously makes ya'll look like a bunch of bitches. We can all go back to games in years past and find something to bitch about. You sound like Auburn when you whine about the mean refs.

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yeah, like we didn't hear about corey webster interference over and over! what does that make yall?

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I see that you are full of both shite and empty promises. You don't have a fricking clue whether the refs will cheat or not. Referees in many sports, including professional basketball, have gone to jail for being on the take. Your assumption that the SEC is somehow magically immune from this is as empty as your promise that it won't happen. And anybody who watched the 2009 SEC football season and doesn't think SEC refs cheat is just fricking blind, stupid or both.

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What are these "many sports" that referees have gone to jail for "being on the take"? It's a real question, I'm honestly curious as I can't seem to find anything online and your post makes it sound like it's rather common knowledge. We all know about the NBA Ref, and I think there has been some stuff with soccer overseas (don't really think that counts) but who are the others?

TIA